New initiatives proposed by the Minerals Management Servicecould contribute an additional 500 Bcf to 1 Tcf/year of gasproduction between 2004 and 2006, according to MMS Director WaltRosenbusch.
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MMS Plan Could Add 1 Tcf/Year by 2004
New initiatives proposed by the Mineral Management Service couldcontribute an additional 500 Bcf to 1 Tcf/year of gas productionbetween 2004 and 2006, according to MMS Director Walt Rosenbusch.
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Stacey L. Gerard has been named associate administrator for theDepartment of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS). Shepreviously was director of the Office of Policy, Regulations andTraining in the OPS.
Iroquois Extension Could Replace Millennium
Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline earlier thismonth, regarding an amendment application for a proposed routechange along the highly controversial power transmission right ofway in Westchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.
Iroquois Extension Could Replace Millennium
Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline last week,regarding an amendment application for a proposed route changealong the highly controversial power transmission right of way inWestchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.
Millennium Has to Sweat it Out a Little Longer
It looks like Millennium Pipeline’s long wait for a FERC rulingis going to last a little longer. FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson,director of the Office of Energy Projects, turned down a request byMillennium sponsors to exclude from its Final Environmental ImpactStatement an assessment of a proposed route change in WestchesterCounty, NY. Millennium was seeking a speedy FEIS but now will haveto wait until the Commission reviews its route change.
FERC Inquires about Millennium’s Fate
Daniel M. Adamson, director of the office of energy projects atthe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, sent a letter to ColumbiaEnergy’s David Pentzein this week requesting a status report on the$650 million Millennium Pipeline project in light of all the recentcriticism from New York regulators and the impact of theColumbia-NiSource merger. The 442-mile project would bring about714 MMcf/d of gas from Canada under Lake Erie to the New Yorkmetropolitan area.
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Mary Doyle, formerly policy advisor for FERC CommissionerWilliam I. Massey, has been named director of regulatory policy forDynegy Inc. Doyle also served in the gas pipeline rates division atFERC through the gas restructuring process.
Aquila Deal Guarantees NGPL $31M Over Two Years
KN Energy’s Mark Kissel, director of account services, saidyesterday the major firm transportation deal signed between NaturalGas Pipeline Company of America and Aquila Energy earlier this weekhas a net present value for the pipeline of $31.16 million, which isguaranteed revenue and excludes revenue sharing above that level thatis based on several different pricing strategies. The contract covers150,000 MMBtu/d of firm capacity on NGPL’s Amarillo leg and 350,00MMBtu/d on NGPL’s Gulf leg for two years (see Daily GPI, Sept. 28).
Larcamp to Head New FERC Office
Daniel L. Larcamp was appointed director of the Office ofMarkets, Tariffs and Rates at the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission (FERC). The office and position were created as part ofinternal restructuring at the Commission under the FERC Firstprogram. Larcamp has served as senior counsel and policy advisor toFERC Chairman James. J. Hoecker on electric power issues sinceAugust.